Adnkronos Rome, March 19 (Adnkronos) – "I hope that the phone call between Trump and Putin will lead to some progress, I don't think it was the phone call that some have talked about of universal peace, we're not there yet, there will be more peace talks in Jeddah at the end of the week, I understand this time also with Russia, the other time there were talks between America and Ukraine.
I think we need to be very cautious and have a double track: on the one hand we need to prepare for a period of turbulence that we will also see on the markets, that is to say there will be difficulties for families, unfortunately". So says Matteo Renzi, guest of 'Non stop news' on Rtl 102.5.
"The only way to resolve it is a major diplomatic initiative and on this - the former prime minister reiterates - for me Europe has slept. In these three years, I have been saying this since February 24, 2022, Europe should have sent a special envoy to make peace between Russia and Ukraine, I had proposed the name of Tony Blair, but this is a bit of a curse of those who say the right things too soon. We said it three years ago, we didn't do it and now the peace agreement is made in Jeddah and not in Brussels or Rome, this is a bit of a limitation of our Government and of our Europe".